to dust
- verb
- /dʌst/
- I need to dust the coffee table before our guests arrive.
What if I tried to dust away the highlight I already have?
- What if I tried to dust away the highlight I already have?
- So yeah, keep on dusting those solar panels, guys.
- It's like dusting off it is Sunday.
Examples
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I'll dust off the guns.
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Now, dust yourself off.
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Remember to dust it every day.
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And by the way, you better tell your maid to dust off that record.
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I'm just going to dust this space here.
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OK, so I'm just going to dust underneath the eye.
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I'm just going to dust the excess away.
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So I'm just going to dust away all this powder.
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Next I'm going to dust away this powder.
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Marquette begins to dust the tackle boxes with the sleeve of his flannel shirt.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
To remove dirt and stains
To clean a floor or surface by brushing away dirt with a broom
To clean a floor with a long handle and wet cloth
To remove something from a surface by moving a cloth over it, like tears or dirt
To clean the floor by moving dust and dirt with a broom
Remove dust and crumbs by shaking something
Remove things from a surface to make it empty or clean
To clean a carpet or floor using a vacuum cleaner
To remove dirt or mud from a surface
To clean dust and dirt from something using quick movements
To clean a carpet or floor with a vacuum cleaner
To remove dust from rugs by hitting or shaking them
Idioms
- Literature
Leave a place after a bad experience and not return
- Informal
To delay action or decisions until things become clearer
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
Tiny particles that fall after a nuclear explosion or accident and give off harmful radiation
A removable cover, often plastic or cloth, that protects machines like a printer from dust when not in use
How Clean
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dust (verb 'to clean') later came to mean the opposite action: to remove those small particles by wiping or brushing. That's why when you dust furniture you are taking the dust away.